Hi Linda and Tony: Once again you supersleuths have come up with the goods - very quickly too! Thanks very much for those lookups you were able to do. They fill a number of gaps. Also, is Portsea unusual in having pre-1800 marriage register entries with details of witnesses etc.? Since Robert SQUIRE was a widower after his marriage to Martha BOUND and he remarried Hannah RAYNER (nee LANE) in 1806, Martha SQUIRE must have been the daughter from his second marriage Martha Lane SQUIRE (witness to Edmund's marriage). I have recently received a whole family history written by one of Edmund's grandsons, my great-uncle. He states that: "The Kemps were well known Hatters and Manufacturers of Straw Hats for the Navy, there was a large family of Kemps - while Edmund Squire was a Warrant Officer in the Navy, & died by sunstroke at Mauritius, where he was buried", then gives birth and death dates for both: "Edmund Squire Born March 9th 1802, Died Feb 12th 1845 - Sarah Squire Born May 23rd 1803, Died April 18th 1863" This is one of the most staggeringly complete records I've ever found, sent to me by a cousin who descended from Henry William Squire WILLCOCKS (29 Jul 1854 - 22 Jan 1929), and most of it was written by Henry, with some additional information after his death by a daughter of his, as none of his sons survived to adulthood, and he was predeceased by his wife, Mary Ann Howard (28 Feb 1857 - 29 Jan 1915). He wrote it for his children some time after his wife's death, as he mentioned her as his "late wife". There is a whole page of dates of birth (one or two have the wrong year) of relatives before and after his generation. Once again, many thanks for the lookups! Regards Martin Willcocks Taylorsville, UT, USA. --------- Linda and Tony wrote Hello Martin St Mary's Portsea CHU3/1D/8 No1179 Robert WILLCOCKS, Bachelor & Mary Ann CONN, Spinster, Both of this parish married in this church by banns 28th December 1797 both signed in the presence of John GRIFFITHS & Lucy DAVIS CHU3/1D/7 No 863 James KEMP,Bachelor & Elizabeth FULLJAMES, Spinster, Both of this parish, married in this church by banns, 4th November 1792 both signed, in the presence of - - -an? ????? & Richd GUDGE CHU3/1D/25 page 3 no 8 Edmund SQUIRE, Bachelor & Sarah KEMP, Spinster, both of this parish were married in this church by banns 8th January 1826 both signed, in the presence of Martha SQUIRE & Robert SQUIRE Alverstoke St Mary's church CHU42/1C/11 page 65 no 194 Henry CLEMENS of this parish & Charlotte TODD of this parish were married in this church by banns with consent of JosephMULLENS 6th February 1826 both signed their mark in the presence of X the marks of Joseph MULLENS & Elizabeth TODD Samuel WILLCOCKS and Maria OSBORNE, 7 Jun 1835 St. Mary's, Portsea. This marriage took place at St Marys church Alverstoke (see IGI).The marriages for Alverstoke 1834-7 are not on fiche so sorry we cannot check out the details for this one. I would also like to know if Mary Jane MAY b. <1857> was chr. at St. Mary's Portsea like her brother William Henry, 5 Apr 1863, and sisters Grace, 12 Jun 1859 and Alice Ann, 31 Mar 1861. I only have her age from the 1881 census to go on, as I have not found her birth registration on FreeBMD (there is only a Mary Ann MAY in 1856 in Kingsclere) IF she was baptised at St Mary's Portsea then she should be on the IGI but without a date sorry a no go there as there were too many to just plough through. (She isn't on the IGI nor FreeBMD, but might be on 1837online - Martin.) Hope the above helps a bit anyway, take care, Linda and Tony ______________________________